Temporary FI platform
by Mel Chua
The short: It looks like zikula isn't going to make it in time for us to
use it as a platform for FI for the F12 cycle. Therefore, proposal:
Temporarily use wordpress as a quick-and-dirty FI platform for this
release cycle only, designing the workflow for zikula so that we have a
constant motivation ("argh, this workflow isn't made for this
software!") to drive the zikula stuff forward and migrate to it ASAP.
The extra work this would create is not too bad.
* migrating articles from wp to zikula when zikula is ready (we'd choose
persistent URLs that work for both platforms)
* manual cross-linking of translations while using wp (one wp instance
per language)
* Design's design for FI wp would have to be readapted to fit zikula
when the time comes.
Rationale: We have people who know wp and can make it function fast; wp
was a runner-up during platform comparison (iirc), it's sufficiently
feature-limited for the things we want that we'll be dissuaded for using
it for way too long, and the number of published items that will go out
over FI in the next 6 months is manageable (even if we average one item
per day, that's 182.5 items; <200 is small enough to manually migrate if
absolutely need be).
Question: Can you spot any flaws in this idea? Rip it apart! If there
aren't any gaping holes by the weekend, I'll ask Infrastructure to get
us up a quick test instance to start with, so we can begin publishing
finished material being created right now, like Paul's Summit usb key doco.
Help needed: Ian is out of commission for a few weeks as the school year
starts, so we're looking for someone to step up to get the
infrastructure for an FI platform going. Any takers? (We'll know by this
weekend whether it's wordpress or not; if wordpress, it'll be easy.)
Context: see log below (slightly edited for relevance).
--Mel
<ianweller> mchua: i have some bad news about FI
<mchua> ianweller: just saw the email thread - not going to make it in
time for F12?
<ianweller> mchua: correct
<mchua> ianweller: I'm reading through and trying to understand what the
blockers are.
<mchua> ianweller: I've got my heart set on having an FI feed live for
Ambassadors to use for the F12 cycle by the time beta goes out
<mchua> ianweller: (...though I could be convinced of the impossibility
of this)
<ianweller> well, all the luck in the world to you :)
<mchua> ianweller: can you tell me why the following is a terrible idea:
<mchua> ianweller: wordpress as temporary F12 FI feed.
<ianweller> none of these reasons might be blockers, i'm playing devil's
advocate...
<ianweller> 1) may be difficult to import back into zikula.
<mchua> ianweller: quick, dirty, content goes up somewhere; it's tagged,
feeds automagically exist, we can pick URLs so that they'll be
persistent when we move to zikula.
* mchua nods
<ianweller> 2) less workflow management.
<mchua> Definitely less workflow management.
<ianweller> 3) dirty kludge for the time being that may accidentally
become permanent.
<mchua> 3) is what worries me.
<mchua> ...though I am willing to sit down every week and manually crank
through workflow, and sit down when zikula comes up and manually port
over every article, if need be.
<ianweller> that's all i can think of. :)
<mchua> (the latter will actually be 'write a python script that...')
<ianweller> python is like crack
<mchua> and if marketing and news folks are gritting their teeth through
using wordpress every week, zikula will get up in a freakin' hurry
<mchua> I want wordpress to be functional, but to be functional *with
pain* so that we don't get complacent and use it for F13 as well, basically.
<mchua> ianweller: but it's *happy* crack!
<ianweller> lol
<mchua> ianweller: i sampled everything in the medicine cabinet for
comparison.
14 years, 8 months
AW: The Time Has Come to Say Good Bye
by Oliver Falk
Jack,
I wish you all the best! May the force be with you :-)
Allthough we didn't have much to do with each other, I really appreciate the work you did in the last decade!
Best,
Oliver
----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
Von: Jack Aboutboul <jaa(a)redhat.com>
Gesendet: Freitag, 14. August 2009 18:52
An: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com>; fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
Betreff: The Time Has Come to Say Good Bye
It's hard to say good bye, but part we must. When you love what you do,
when you love the people you get to do it with, when you love the way
you do it, there is never a good time to leave, but there is a right
time, and for me, personally and professionally, this is that right time.
I wish to reiterate my gratitude to each and every single person, which
I summed up in my email announcing my departure which will always be
here:
http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/07/jack-is-going-going-goinggone.html.
In parting, it's hard to convey raw emotion as, personally, words cannot
describe how privileged I feel to have been affiliated and employed by
Red Hat and Fedora for the better part of the last decade. To be a part
of Red Hat and Fedora is to be a part of the nobility; a precious
pedigree of ideological steadfastness, technological excellence, supreme
work ethic, and above all else, the truest, kindest and most passionate
and compassionate people.
At the same time, it is awkw
[Die ursprüngliche Nachricht wird nicht vollständig eingefügt.]
14 years, 8 months
The Time Has Come to Say Good Bye
by Jack Aboutboul
It's hard to say good bye, but part we must. When you love what you do,
when you love the people you get to do it with, when you love the way
you do it, there is never a good time to leave, but there is a right
time, and for me, personally and professionally, this is that right time.
I wish to reiterate my gratitude to each and every single person, which
I summed up in my email announcing my departure which will always be
here:
http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/07/jack-is-going-going-goinggone.html.
In parting, it's hard to convey raw emotion as, personally, words cannot
describe how privileged I feel to have been affiliated and employed by
Red Hat and Fedora for the better part of the last decade. To be a part
of Red Hat and Fedora is to be a part of the nobility; a precious
pedigree of ideological steadfastness, technological excellence, supreme
work ethic, and above all else, the truest, kindest and most passionate
and compassionate people.
At the same time, it is awkward to be both nobility and
revolutionary--two roles which have historically been at antipodes--at
the forefront of the great re-establishment of the philosophy of
technology and how it is put into practice. This extraordinary
conundrum is what drew me to Open Source and to Red Hat and it should
serve as a constant source of both inspiration and pride for each of us,
constantly. Similar to the Gandhi quote which lines the walls of every
Red Hat office, when they said we couldn't we did, when they said we
would fail, we succeeded, when they said we were wrong, we have and will
continue to prove ourselves right, every moment of every hour of every day.
This fierce belief in our ability to transcend and ascend to the highest
of heights and noblest of peaks is what Red Hat stands for and it is for
instilling this within me that I am thankful. It is true, and those who
doubt it, will be forever stuck in the vacuum of time as we climb ever
higher. Keep climbing, keep striving and most important keep your
faith, we are in the right place and we are winning!
Escher was right. Men step down and yet rise up, the hand is drawn by
he hand it draws, and a woman is poised on her very own shoulders.
Without us, this universe is simple, run with the regularity of a
prison. Galaxies spin along stipulated arcs, stars collapse at the
specified hour, crows U-turn south and monkeys rut on schedule. But we,
whom the cosmos shaped for a billion years to fit this place, we know it
failed. For we can reshape, reach an arm through the bars, and,
Escher-like, pull ourselves out. And while whales feeding on mackerel
are confined forever to the sea, we climb the waves, look down from clouds.
Now go tell the kids.
This is Jack, choking up and signing off.
Godspeed friends.
14 years, 8 months
Re: Summit USB key doco
by Máirín Duffy
-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Máirín Duffy <mairin(a)linuxgrrl.com>
> To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base
> <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Summit USB key doco
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:39:27 -0400
>
> On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 19:10 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > I posted the document here, and if you see something vital missing
> > please let me know. The finished product is due shortly.
>
> woooo Scribus :)
>
> I copied the files into the design team collateral dir, I hope you don't
> mind!
>
> http://fedorapeople.org/groups/designteam/Fedora%20Collateral/USB%20Key%
> 20Documentation/
>
> Also, some quick feedback, take it or leave it :) None of it is
> critical, more stylistic so it may not be worth changing:
>
> "You can even make changes as you go to make Fedora suit your needs."
>
> there's two makes here, maybe instead "You can even make changes as you
> go to adapt Fedora to your needs."
>
> "PowerPC based"
>
> maybe should be "PowerPC-based"
>
> "check out all the latest summit information through our handy
> download page."
>
> might want to capitalize - "Summit"
>
> "Just doubleclick the "Red Hat
> Summit 2009" icon on the desktop."
>
> might be cool to throw a screenshot of the icon in so it's blazingly
> obvious
>
> ~m
14 years, 8 months
Summit USB key doco
by Paul W. Frields
The Red Hat Summit organizers asked me to prepare a small document
they can fit in the badge kits for handing out to all attendees. That
document is intended to accompany the 2 GB Fedora 11 Live USB key that
all attendees will also receive. (Complete with persistence, a
separate /home, and yum-presto!) The doc is a double-sided ~4x8"
page.
I posted the document here, and if you see something vital missing
please let me know. The finished product is due shortly.
Keep in mind this document is not intended to cover all Fedora bases,
because we will have a booth/table there where we can meet people and
answer questions. That fact will also be announced to Summit
attendees and highlighted in some of the promo material.
http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/temp/summit-key/
--
Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/
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irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
14 years, 8 months
Joining Marketting team
by Rangeen Basu
Hi
This is Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury. I am a Fedora user for a long time
and a contributor for some time now. I am a member of the Ambassadors
team and also Package Maintainer team. I am glad to join the marketing
team and work towards spreading Fedora more and more.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sherry151
--
Regards
Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury
Fedora Ambassador
sherry151(a)gmail.com
Sent from Calcutta, WB, India
14 years, 8 months
Welcome, fellow new people!
by Mel Chua
(wherein Mel reveals a soft spot for new contributors, having been
through the "whoa! everything is new and confusing!" stuff not all that
long ago - almost exactly two months, actually.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-May/msg00236.html.)
We've got a lot of new people this month. Welcome to...
* Ely
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-July/msg00006....)
* Rob
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-July/msg00027....)
* Martin
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-July/msg00079....)
* Andrew
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-July/msg00096....)
* Rangeen
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-July/msg00126....)
New folks: can you make it to our next marketing meeting (on IRC)?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Meetings - if you can show up
15 minutes early, or stay 15 minutes afterwards, I'm sure folks would be
glad to talk with you about how you might be best able to jump in. (I'll
be there, anyway. I want some help with all the stuff I'm working on ;)
Honestly, it's all about doing what *you* want to do - but sometimes
figuring out what you want to do is hard when you're new to a project.
And it's sometimes nice to be able to pick up on something small and
specific while you're learning what is out there or could be out there.
So we should try to find nice on-ramp projects.
For instance:
* Rangeen, I saw you work on FEL - does FEL need marketing?
* Martin, you're volunteering for the Red Cross, which is *ridiculously*
good at marketing and also managing volunteers - what practices have you
seen there that we should do in here?
* Rob, you're going to LUGradio: what can we do with radio? I know there
have been podcast interviews for Fedora in the past, is that something
you'd be interested in helping with?
* Ely, you're studying in Brazil, which I hear has some *AWESOME*
Ambassadors stuff going on that... for instance, since I only read
English fluently right now, I have no idea what is going on there, and I
think a lot of others here may be in the same situation. Can you think
of some way the English speaking community and the Latin American
community can stay in touch better?
* Andrew, you wanted to help with Fedora Insight, so we should... talk.
Are you on IRC? I am mchua in #fedora-marketing.
In other news, people working on stuff who can throw concrete "please
help!" statements out there, the list of names above are the people you
should be talking with.
--Mel
14 years, 8 months
